Environmental Report (Acoustic)

 Noosa Fair Redevelopment – Lanyana Way, Noosa Heads

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7.         Road Traffic Noise Assessment
7.1        Measured Noise Levels
Table 24 presents the road traffic noise levels measured at the unattended monitoring location.

Table 24: Measured Road Traffic Noise Levels

   Day and                                                                               Measured Level
                     Road Traffic Noise Descriptor               Time Period
    Date                                                                                     dB(A)
                                  LA10,18hr                    6am to midnight                  64.0

   Tuesday,             Noisiest daytime LAeq,1 hr               3pm to 4pm                     63.8
  3/12/2012            Noisiest night time LAeq,1 hr             5am to 6am                     56.0
                                  LAeq,24 hr                 Midnight to midnight               60.5

Graphical presentation of the measured road traffic noise levels are presented in Appendix B.


7.2        Traffic Volumes
The existing traffic volumes and percentage heavy vehicles for Noosa Drive were obtained from
TTM Traffic. Predicted 2023 volumes are based upon growth rates as advised by TTM Traffic and
are presented in Table 25.

Table 25: Traffic Volumes – Noosa Drive

                                                Traffic Volume (AADT)                 Heavy
                                                                                                     Growth Rate
           Location                                                                  Vehicles
                                               2012               2023                                 (% P.A.)
                                                                                    (% AADT)
         Noosa Drive                           8,400             10,444                0.8                  2.0

The 18 hour traffic volumes (used in the noise prediction model) are taken to be 95% of the
Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) volumes.




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